Improvement in milk-carriers



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LEWIS MORRIS, OF HAVRE DE GRAOE, ASSIGNOR TO I-IIMSELE AND GEORGE W. BA'KEILOF ABERDEEN, MARYLAND.

Letters Patent No. 110,152, datediDecember 13, 17870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MIK-CARRIERS.

The Schedule referredto In these Letters Patent and making part of the same,

v of this specification,- in which- Figure 1 is. an elevation, partly sectional, and Figure 2 is a plan view.

' This invention relates to improvements in cans for transporting milk, and has for its object to provide a reliable and conveniently-applicable fastening device for the covers of such vesselsor` others devoted to analogous uses, and also to furnish a can which will vbe less liable to he injured, and better adapted for preserving milk from deterioration from air orheat than those heretofore known or used.

In the drani-'ing- Figure. 1 shows a can, a, constructed of wood or other non-conductor of heat, having a wooden covcr, 11, and a.wooden bottom, c, made double, so as to add strength, a non-conducting material being 'chosenin order to prevent the milk contained in the can from l becoming heated.

`This can is lined throughout with tin, zinc, or other metal, d, the function of which is to prevent tiie can from .absorbing milk, and to present a surface that may be easily cleansed.

A space, e, maybe left between the lining and the can, in order to increase the non-conduction of the latter.

In building thc can the metal lining-is put in from the larger end, and then the wooden bottoms in serted.

A rubber ring, c" is placed between the cover and top of the can for the purpose of forming a packing to exclude air and retain milk when the cover is screwed tightly down.

Ears f f are-secured to 'theoutside of the can, and

links It h jointedto the ears in such manner that the links may be turned down out o f the way when not wanted.

A bar, It, is joined to the cover by a link, l, connected at one end with a staple, in, secured in the cover, and at its other extremity inolosing a screwbolt, n, which occupies a threaded orifice at the mid-k `fig. 1,'t-hrough which,

die ofthe bar k. with the bar 7c.

The link l'prevents the bar from' falling ott', from The link may be connected directly the cover, and getting lost.

In order to force the cover tightly upon the can the bar 7s is placed in` the links h, the bar having transverse grooves which fit under the upper rails ot' the links h, and the screw-bolt n turned downward. v

The point of the screw-bolt is received on a metal plate, o, which is attached to the upper side of the cover;

. The links t prevent the bar l; from yielding upward, and, consequently, the cover is forced downward by the screw. p In order to lock or sca-1 the screw, Iprovide a standard, r, which, in this instance, is connected with the link Z, but which may be secured at its lower end directly to the cover, or to the bar k, or in any other posit-ion which admit-s of its being placed by the side of the screw-bolt 1i.

In the upper part of the standard r is an orifice, s, and a similar orifice, t, in the upper part of the screw-bolt, the shackle c" the nadlock u may be passed. I l When the shackle is locked the bolt n is securely fastened, and the can is in a condition to be transported any distance without ldanger of losing its contents.

Instead of a lock the standard and screw-bolt may be connected. by sealing.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y .1. The arrangement, with the can-body tand cover b, of the links h, bar 7.', and screw-boltn, substantialy` as shown and described, for the purpose specilied.

2. The improved milk-carrier, formed by the ai'- raugement, with the can c, of the lining (l, cover b, bar k, links h, screw-bolt a, standard ll', and padlock, or other equivalent fastening device, substantially as shown and described.

' LEWIS MORRIS.

Witnesses:

D. OUnAND, SoLoN C. Kanon. 

